“Disasters Have Histories” Teaching and Researching American Disasters
This interview originally appeared in the February 2018 issue of The American Historian. A category 4 hurricane…
Browsing: Hurricane Harvey
Houston before and after Harvey
Houston Skyline. Photo by Om. Creative Commons license. Despite being the nation’s fourth largest city…
The Flood Blues
I’m standing in this water, wishing I had a boat I’m standing in this…
Sprawling Into Harm’s Way
Texans commonly proclaim that everything is bigger in their home state. A stalled hurricane/tropical storm…
Hurricane Harvey and Houston’s Myth of the “Wild West”
The disparate impact of Hurricane Harvey on poor neighborhoods in Houston has been the topic…